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Much of America has been worked up about Donald Trump's $7 million deal to save about 1,000 jobs at a Carrier plant in Indiana. Some folks think this is a practical way to help American businesses. Others view it as merely corporate welfare or crony capitalism. But you needn't look 900 miles away...

Today's Friday Files feature Pitbull, a topless woman, a debate over the death penalty and a tribute to a politician who got slaughtered at the polls last month. But first, let's talk tourism. It's been a long time since any top politician took on this state's tourism bosses. Like, since … never....

I've always had a healthy respect for guns. I grew up shooting rifles at summer camp, learned to handle a shotgun in college and ultimately managed to be a decent cross-eye dominant shot. My son took his first trip to a range this past summer with the sheriff's teen academy. My point here is this:...

Today, we've got a good-bad-and-ugly theme going with items about arts, texting, pythons and more. •Good: Cracking down on texting and driving. By now, everyone knows how dangerous it is to text while driving. Yet Florida is one of only nine states where cops can't cite drivers for doing it — not...

It could always be worse. A lot of people have it rougher than us. Those are two lines my wife and I always try to tell ourselves when things go wrong. Like that time I totaled my car. Or the day my son slipped on a spear-tipped, wrought-iron fence and punctured his thigh. Or when lightning struck our...

Scott, I still get a "bipartisan" feeling from your column and wish more people could be that way. I would have supported your campaign for Senate, since it promised "Term limits for all. Lobbyists for none. And shrimp and grits in every pot." I really like Shrimp and Grits. Buzz Then, Buzz, you...

It's the time of year where we say thanks for what we have. And this year, readers submitted nearly 1,000 suggestions for this year's list of "101 Things to Love About Central Florida." That suggests there's a lot to like about this place we call home. Obviously we couldn't fit them all in. So...